Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence.

Time spent in prayer is never wasted.

Even if no command to pray had existed our very weakness would have suggested it.

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray pray thyself in me.

Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by overanxiety.

The secret of true prosperity is finding our security through our connection with the divine, with the spiritual world.

People say I train dogs, but in many ways I train people.

Better a dish of husks to the accompaniment of a muted lute than to be satiated with stewed shark's fin and rich spiced wine of which the cost is frequently mentioned by the provider.

Maybe, I want her to do anything she wants, but I hope her interest in singing stays high.

Love is... what makes a weak man brave and a king step off his throne. Good times, bad times, easy times, tough times, it comes in an instant and lasts three days after forever. That's what love is.

Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.

We are not angels. Nor are we the devils you have made us out to be.

It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve.

I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it.

There's lots of fun in this world, after all. And if there isn't, there is in the next. And we're going there, sure.